Dwight Howard: Andrew Bynum and I last of a breed

Orlando's Dwight Howard was asked this weekend about the lack of classic centers remaining in the NBA.

You know the type -- back to the basket, posting up all the time, not wandering too far from the paint. Most 7-footers today are more like Dirk Nowitzki, bombing from deep, or Pau Gasol, comfortable stepping out to shoot 15- to 18-footers.

"We're dinosaurs already and Shaq's leaving us (soon)," Howard said. "The Big T-Rex won't be around for much longer. We need more big men. Where are the big men? It's like me and Andrew the only ones left."

Andrew, of course, is Andrew Bynum. And the Big T-Rex is Shaquille O'Neal.

Howard can get away with it, of course. We're assuming you've seen his biceps. But we're not sure we'd call Shaq a dinosaur, even on a Lakers blog.

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